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Wisdom, Ethics, and the Nature of Man: A Translation of Dawānī’s Opening Prelude to Akhlāq-i-Jalālī

What is wisdom? How do we obtain it? And how does it relate to our existence as human beings?

PhilosophyTaṣawwuf
Translation6 pp.

Imām al-Nawawī’s Commentary on ‘al-Dīn al-Naṣīḥah’

What does it mean that our way of life is 'goodwill', and just how comprehensive can that single statement be?

Ḥadīth
Translation12 pp.

The Equinoctial Treatise: Ibn Sīnā's Interpretation of the Ḥurūf Muqaṭṭaʿāt

How did Ibn Sīnā interpret the ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt, and what can that tell us about his method of hermeneutics?

PhilosophyʿUlūm al-QurʾānTafsīr

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ʿAqīdah

العقيدة

To know God, and thus know felicity; to prove Him, and thus prove its possibility.

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Tafsīr

التفسير

To dip a trembling pen into the unfathomable depths of His Word

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Ḥadīth

الحديث

To know the very breaths of the Prophet ﷺ, and to love them in turn.

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Uṣūl al-Fiqh

أصول الفقه

To develop an exactitude in the import of canon.

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Sīrah

السيرة

To glimpse at the moonlit vestiges of his sunlit quintessence.

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Taṣawwuf

التصوف

To learn the alchemy of the soul and turn shadow into gold.

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Philosophy

الفلسفة

To love wisdom, and thus acquire the intelligible

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Language

لغة

To imbibe the arcanum of expression

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Contemporary Issues

القضايا المعاصرة

To serve as new guides to ancient truths.

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Biographies

التراجم

To know the giants before we brazenly stand on their shoulders

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